CVE-2014-3565

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-08-31
CWE:
CWE-843
Bugzilla:
1125155: CVE-2014-3565 net-snmp: snmptrapd crash when handling an SNMP trap containing a ifMtu with a NULL type
A denial of service flaw was found in the way snmptrapd handled certain SNMP traps when started with the "-OQ" option. If an attacker sent an SNMP trap containing a variable with a NULL type where an integer variable type was expected, it would cause snmptrapd to crash.

Find out more about CVE-2014-3565 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of net-snmp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (net-snmp) RHSA-2015:1385 2015-07-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (net-snmp) RHSA-2015:2345 2015-11-19

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 net-snmp Will not fix

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